Geagea meets Barrack over dinner in Maarab

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea and his wife MP Sethrida Geagea hosted visiting U.S. envoy Tom Barrack in Maarab for talks that were followed by a dinner meeting overnight Monday.

“The discussions tackled the ideas that were mentioned in the working paper that Barrack had presented to Lebanese officials,” a statement issued by Geagea’s office said.

The LF leader stressed that “the Lebanese state collecting all illegal arms, be them Palestinian or Lebanese, is a Lebanese demand in the first place and it is a prerequisite for the rise of a real state in Lebanon.”

“Without disbanding all illegitimate and illegal military and security organization, there can be real state in Lebanon,” Geagea emphasized.

The talks were attended by U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Lisa Johnson, two of Barrack’s aides, and LF officials Joseph Jbeily and Richard Kouyoumjian.